Re: sparc unification step 3

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On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 12:53:40AM -0800, David Miller wrote:
> From: Sam Ravnborg <sam@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2008 09:36:36 +0100
> 
> > I'm planning to redo this patchset the coming weekend so catch
> > up with sparc-next.
> > I may put a bit more effort into the sparc32 Makefile to clean it
> > up a bit before the unification if time permits.
> > Until then I would like to know if there is any strong desire
> > to keep one kernel/ or should we go for kernel32, kernel64 (+ kernel/) two?
> > 
> > I like to see the unifications and I see benefits in having
> > all related files in the same dir - but I'm suprised that sparc32
> > and sparc64 differ that much (textual at least). There seems to
> > be much more shared code in the x86 case for example.
> 
> Sorry I haven't gotten to that stuff yet.
> 
> I'd like to unify as much code as possible.  I think there is
> more commonality than is obvious currently, and the stuff that
> is different is often because sparc32 has rotted and hasn't
> been updated to the ongoing changes in the tree as aggressively
> as sparc64 has.
> 
> So just put it under a single kernel/

Thanks - will do.

	Sam
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